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Today is the centennial of Babe Ruth’s first major league baseball appearance. The 19-year-old pitched seven strong innings in the Red Sox’ 4-3 win over the Indians.
The obvious musical tribute is from the British band bearing his name. Here’s Babe Ruth performing the theme from A Fistful of Dollars in Montreal in 1975.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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